χειροτονέω
cheirotonéō · G5500 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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to choose, to elect, to select
To choose or select, presumably by a group and possibly by the actual raising of the hand
Examples2 Corinthians 8:19 and not only that, but he has also been appointed by the churches to travel with us in this gracious work, which is being administered by us for the glory of the Lord Himself, and to show our readiness,
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to appoint, to assign
To formally appoint or assign someone to a particular task
ExamplesActs 14:23 When they had appointed elders for them in every church, having prayed with fasting, they entrusted them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
How it’s used In 6 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated (participle) 2
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- πρεσβύτεροςelder, older 1
To or for whomIndirect object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- κατάaccording to, against, down+ ἐκκλησίαcongregation, church 1
- ὑπόby, under+ ἐκκλησίαcongregation, church 1
With adverbsAdverbs
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- καίand 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἀδελφόςbrother 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 4 words
- ἐκλέγομαι eklégomai · G1586 · to choose, to select, to prefer
- Greek verb meaning 'to choose, select,' the most common NT verb for selection/election that overlaps semantically with χειροτονέω's appointment sense
- αἱρέομαι hairéomai · G138 · to choose, to select, to prefer
- Greek verb (middle voice: αἱρέομαι) meaning 'to choose, select,' a general term for choosing that can parallel the selection aspect of χειροτονέω
- καθίστημι kathístēmi · G2525 · to put in charge of, to appoint, to designate
- Greek verb meaning 'to appoint, establish in office,' focusing on the administrative act of installing or designating someone in a position (the act of placing someone down in a role), whereas χειροτονέω emphasizes the method of selection or appointment by voting or hand-raising
- τίθημι títhēmi · G5087 · to put, to place, to appoint
- Greek verb that in certain contexts (especially middle voice) means 'to appoint, assign,' overlapping with χειροτονέω's sense of designating someone for a role (cf. Acts 13:47, 1 Tim. 2:7)
In the other Testament 3 words
- מָנָה mânâh · H4487 · to count, to number, to be counted among
- Hebrew verb meaning 'to appoint, assign' which translates the administrative/selection sense of χειροτονέω; used of appointing officials (e.g., Daniel 1:5, 10-11)
- פָּקַד pâqad · H6485 · to observe, to visit, to inspect
- Hebrew verb with administrative sense of 'appointing' or 'assigning' someone to a position or task, a natural translation equivalent for the selection/appointment aspect of χειροτονέω
- בָּחַר bâchar · H977 · to choose, to prefer, choice
- Primary Hebrew verb for 'to choose, select,' directly translating the selection/election sense of χειροτονέω
Semantic domains 2 entries
- To choose, to elect, to select30.101
- 2 Corinthians 8:19 describes the brother, “he has also been appointed by the churches to travel with us in this gracious work”.
- To appoint, to assign37.103
- Acts 14:23 recounts that Paul and Barnabas, “when they had appointed elders for them in every church, having prayed with fasting, they entrusted them to the Lord in whom they had believed”.
Word family 12 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon χειροτόνω: 1 aorist participle χειροτονησας; 1 aorist passive preposition χειροτονηθείς;…
a. properly, to vote by stretching out the hand (cf. Xenophon, an. 3, 2, 33 ὅτῳ δοκεῖ ταῦτα, ἀνατεινάτω τήν χεῖρα. ἀνετειναν ἅπαντες).
b. to create or appoint by vote: τινα, one to have charge of some office or duty, passive, 2 Cor 8:19, and in the spurious subscriptions in ; Tit 3:15.
c. with the loss of the notion of extending the hand, to elect, appoint, create: τινα, Acts 14:23 (see examples from the Greek writings in Passow, under the word, p. 2440{a}; χειροτονεῖσθαι ὑπό Θεοῦ βασιλέα, Philo de praem. et poen. § 9; (βασιλέως ὕπαρχος ἐχειροτονειτο, de Josephus, § 41); Josephus, Antiquities 6, 4, 2; (7, 11, 1; of the choice of Jonah as high priest, 13, 2, 2; cf. Hatch in Dict. of Chris. Antiq., under the word, Ordination, p. 1501{b}; Harnack on 'Teaching' etc. 15, 1 [ET]).). (Compare: προχειροτονέω.)
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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